Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [be] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | Gooch 's biography has been a long time coming but Ivo Tennant has been thorough in his survey of hitherto uncharted waters , and the wait has been worthwhile . |
2 | The Trevino era has been a special time of my life and he 's made me feel special . |
3 | The last two or three years have been a testing time for the 180 people who work at Angered . |
4 | Many secondees had been a considerable time in their pre-secondment posts and were looking for variety . |
5 | In a way , the revolution had been a long time coming and somewhat contained in America , despite the reactions of the mass media which had been — like all conservative America — horrified , if not titillated by the lurid images of beat youth . |
6 | She said the Edinburgh summit had been a tense time for the family when it seemed all Mr Garel-Jones ' work on Maastricht could have come to nothing . |
7 | Maybe because tonight the warning had been a long time sounding , had started its tormented wailing just when everyone began to think the bombers were n't coming . |
8 | But Boogie 's TriAxis has been a long time coming , and there are great expectations to live up to … |
9 | The past year has been a vexing time for most research councils finding themselves in the situation of having to reduce their volume of activity within a failing budget . |